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Author’s Purpose
• The author’s purpose is the reason or reasons the author has for writing.
• An author may write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express himself or herself.
Directions Read the following passage and look at the time line to answer the questions below.
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rize
Bus Boycott and the Freedom March on
Washington, D.C. Because of his frequent
participation in civil rights protests, he
was arrested 30 times. King received the
Nobel Peace Prize for his work. Dr. King
is a truly a hero of freedom in America.
he Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
was an important leader of the civil
rights movement. In 1948, at the age of
19, King became a minister. During his
lifetime, he organized many civil rights
protests, including the Montgomery
1960
1970
1. For what purpose did the author write this passage?
2.
Information about the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s life
How does the time line support the author’s purpose? It shows visually when
important events in Dr. King’s life took place.
3. How many years passed between Dr. King becoming a minister and the March on Washington?
15 years
4. What happened first, the Montgomery Bus Boycott or the Freedom March on Washington?
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Home Activity Your child analyzed the author’s purpose in a nonfiction passage. Look at an article in a
newspaper or magazine. Read the article with your child and discuss what you think is the author’s purpose.
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Writing • Writing for Tests
In the Army Now
O
n a cool October day in seventeen
hundred and seventy eight, young
Deborah Sampson packs her knapsack and
walks to the recruiting post in Billingham,
Massachusetts. She finds herself standing
in front of a captain, a tired, wiry man
with a scruffy red beard.
She hears herself say, “I want to join, I
want to fight!” Her voice sounds high and
weak. Deborah stands straight and bravely
meets the captain’s stare. She is wearing
pants, a coarse wool vest, and a coat, and a
man’s hat covers her hair.
“You’re but a boy, yet I reckon you’ll
do,” the captain sighs. “The soldiers are
waiting. Now, what is your name?”
“Call me Robert,” Deborah replies.
“Welcome to the army,” says the captain
Deborah has just enlisted in the
American army as a soldier. Now, she has
to keep her true identity a secret.
1. Read the story. What is the setting of the story?
October 1778, a recruiting post in Massachusetts
2. Who is the main character in the story? What does she do?
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Deborah Sampson; She dresses like a man so she can join the army.
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Vocabulary
Directions Choose the word from the box that best completes each sentence. Write the word on
the line.
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1. a high-spirited horse
magnified
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fearless
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3. not afraid
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4. a faint, unsteady light
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5. dark or gloomy
Check the Words
You Know
fate
fearless
glimmer
lingers
magnified
somber
steed
Directions Choose a word from the box that best matches each clue.
Write the word on the line.
Some have fought for freedom in a 6. fearless
The founding fathers 7. magnified
and inspiring way.
this kind of commitment when they
fought against the British and, some would say, 8. fate
The 9. glimmer
itself.
of hope they felt eventually became reality when
they defeated the English king’s forces. That dedication to the fight for freedom
10. lingers
, remaining in all Americans to this day.
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Write a Conversation
On a separate sheet of paper, write a short conversation between two members of the colonial
army in 1775. Use as many vocabulary words as you can.
Conversations should include words from the vocabulary list and
details about colonial life around the time of the Revolutionary War.
Home Activity Your child identified and used vocabulary words from the poem The Midnight Ride of Paul
Revere. With your child, look up information about Paul Revere and his activities as a colonist in the 1700s.
Discuss the information, using as many vocabulary words as possible.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
The subject and verb in a sentence must agree, or work together. A singular subject needs a
singular verb. A plural subject needs a plural verb.
Use the following rules for verbs that tell about the present time.
• If the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, add -s or -es to most verbs.
The wagon creaks. It lurches along.
• If the subject is a plural noun or I, you, we, or they, do not add -s or -es to the verb.
The oxen pull the wagon. They strain uphill.
• For the verb be, use am and is to agree with singular subjects and are to agree with plural
subjects.
I am hot. Thomas is happy. The patriots are loyal. We are late.
• A collective noun names a group, such as family, team, and class. A collective noun is
singular if it refers to a group acting as one: The family rides in the wagon. A collective
noun is plural if it refers to members of the group acting individually: The family are
arguing about the tax.
Directions Match each subject with a verb that agrees. Write the letter of the correct verb on the line.
A or C 1. The colonists
D 2. The British king
B 3. A war
A 4. Troops
A. are training.
B. is beginning.
C. rebel.
D. sends his army.
5. The American colonies (trade, trades) with England.
6. Two of the colonies’ exports (is, are) cotton and indigo.
7. England (tax, taxes) the items imported into the colonies.
8. Tea (is, are) a popular drink in the colonies.
9. The Boston Tea Party (show, shows) the colonists’ anger about taxes.
10. Today, Americans (drink, drinks) more coffee than tea.
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Directions Underline the verb in ( ) that agrees with the subject of each sentence.
11. Earlier conflicts (is, are) forgotten.
12. The two countries (consider, considers) themselves close allies.
Home Activity Your child learned about subject-verb agreement. Have your child make up sentences
about clothes he or she wears, using both singular subjects (shirt, belt) and plural subjects (socks,
shoes) and making sure verbs agree.
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Final Syllables -er, -ar, -or
Spelling Words
danger
eager
locker
rumor
wander
eraser
helicopter
glimmer
tractor
surrender
pillar
linger
dollar
solar
refrigerator
sensor
harbor
sticker
caterpillar
alligator
Definitions Write a list word that means the same or almost the same as the word or phrase.
1. ______________
glimmer
1. spark
2. ______________
harbor
2. port
3. ______________
solar
3. sun
4. ______________
rumor
4. gossip
5. ______________
pillar
5. post
6. ______________
danger
6. peril
7. ______________
refrigerator
7. cooler
8. excited
9. 100 cents
10. roam
8. ______________
eager
9. ______________
dollar
10. ______________
wander
Missing Words Write the list word that completes the sentence.
11. ______________
eraser
11. I have a habit of chewing on my pencil ____.
12. ______________
surrender
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12. Smart criminals ____ when spotted.
13. ______________
tractor
13. The farmer drove the ____ across the field.
14. ______________
locker
14. I store my schoolbooks in my ____.
15. ______________
alligator
15. The ____ floated silently across the swampy water.
16. ______________
caterpillar
16. The ____ became a beautiful butterfly.
17. ______________
sticker
17. She pulled the price ____ off the package.
18. ______________
helicopter
18. The news ____ flew over the accident scene.
19. I like to ____ in my room instead of watching television downstairs.
20. The motion ____ turns on the light when anyone is near.
19. ______________
linger
20. ______________
sensor
Home Activity Your child wrote words with the final syllables -er, -ar, and -or. Select three list words
and ask your child to define them.
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Scoring Rubric: Historical Fiction
3
2
1
Focus/Ideas
Excellent,
focused
historical
fiction;
interesting
and realistic
characters and
events
Somewhat
focused
historical
fiction;
characters
and events
are believable
but not fully
described
Some unclear
or off focus
details;
characters and
events are not
described well
Historical
fiction does
not have a
clear focus;
characters
and events
have not been
described
Organization
Plot events
follow a clear
order
Order of plot
events is
generally clear
Order of plot
events isn’t
always clear
Unorganized
and no clear
order of events
Voice
Strongly
engages reader
Somewhat
engages reader
Not fully
engaged
Writer is not
engaged
Word Choice
Uses many
sensory details
to create
strong imagery
Uses some
sensory details
to create
imagery
Few or no
sensory details
to create
imagery
No sensory
details or
imagery
Sentences
Uses simple
and compound
sentences
Some varied
sentence
structures
Sentences are
not varied
Fragments
or run-on
sentences
Conventions
Excellent
control, few
or no errors;
correct
subject-verb
agreement
Good control,
few errors;
subject-verb
agreement
generally
correct
Errors that
hamper
understanding;
subjects and
verbs rarely
agree
Many serious
errors; subjects
and verbs do
not agree
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Vocabulary • Inflected Endings -s, -ed, -ing
Inflected endings -s, -ed, and -ing are attached to the end of a word to create a new
word with a new meaning. If you are unsure about the meaning of a word with an inflected
ending, check the dictionary.
Directions Read the following passage about the colonists. Then write the words from the
passage that have the inflected ending.
S
ometimes your life may seem
complicated, but in fact it may be
simple compared to a colonist’s life. For
example, in the 1700s the car had not been
invented. Instead of depending on cars
for swift travel, people rode horses to get
where they needed to go—a very slow
method of transportation. The pace was
1. -s
more leisurely than driving a car, but it
was still faster than walking.
Walking outside the settlement left
a person open to such dangers as wild
animals. Since there were no sidewalks
or streetlights outside of town, it was best
not to linger but to come home quickly.
Horses gave colonists an extra measure
of safety.
cars, horses, dangers, animals, sidewalks, streetlights,
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2. -ed
complicated, compared, invented, needed
3. -ing
depending, driving, walking
Directions Write the following words with inflected endings -s, -ed, and -ing. Then write a
sentence using one of the three new words.
4. depend
depends, depended, depending
Possible sentence: My family depends on me to do my chores.
5. compare
compares, compared, comparing
Possible answer: Traveling from place to place is easy today
compared to what it was like during colonial times.
Home Activity Your child reviewed the inflected endings -s, -ed, and -ing. Together, make a list of words
from a book or a magazine article that contain these endings. Then help your child write new sentences
using those words.
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Illustration/Caption
• Illustrations or pictures can convey information about characters and events in a story. They
can help establish mood, dramatize action, reinforce the author’s imagery or symbolism, or help
explain the text.
• A caption is the text explaining the illustration or picture. It usually appears below or to the side
of the image.
Directions This illustration appears in a text about Ben Franklin. Look at the illustration and
read the caption. Then answer the questions below.
This illustration shows Benjamin Franklin flying a kite in an experiment to relate lightning and electricity.
Possible answers given.
1. Based on the illustration, in what kind of weather did Franklin fly his kite?
The weather is cloudy.
Franklin flew a kite in cloudy weather, which caused a key tied to
the string to spark.
3. What do the clothes of the people in the illustration tell you?
Their clothing is old-fashioned, from over 200 years ago.
4. Why do Ben Franklin and his companion look pleased?
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2. Look at the picture. How did Franklin’s experiment work?
Their experiment is going well.
5. Can you tell where the event took place by looking at the illustration?
The experiment was carried out in a field.
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Directions This illustration gives additional information in a text about state coins. Look at the
illustration and read the caption. Then answer the question below.
This illustration shows the Illinois state quarter, whose design was inspired by the artwork of Thom Cicchelli of Chicago.
6. Look at the illustration of the quarter. Who is pictured on the quarter?
The quarter features Abraham Lincoln.
7. Based on the illustration, in what year was Illinois admitted to the United States?
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8. What do the tall buildings show?
Possible answer: Chicago, a major city in Illinois
9. What does the caption tell you that is not reflected in the image?
The design was inspired by Thom Cicchelli’s artwork.
10. How many stars appear on the coin? What do you think they signify?
Possible answer: 21 stars. The state was the 21st state to join
the United States.
Home Activity Your child learned how illustrations and captions can help convey information about a story.
Look at one of your child’s favorite books and discuss how the illustrations in it help your child learn more
about the story.
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Final Syllables -er, -ar, -or
welcome to the Wildlife and Alligater Preserve
• Admission is one dollar for an all-day parking pass.
• You can rent an all-day locker for your convenience.
•H
elicoptor rides are available to see the harber from
the air.
• To preserve the ecology, stay on the path.
Do not wandar off.
• There is no dangor. Animals stay behind a motion
senser fence.
• Linger over lunch on our beautiful terrace.
• Do not forget to surrendar your parking pass at the
gate when leaving.
1. _______________
Welcome
2.
_______________
Alligator
3. _______________
Helicopter
4.
_______________
harbor
5. _______________
wander
6.
_______________
danger
7. _______________
sensor
8.
_______________
surrender
Proofread Words Circle the word that is spelled correctly.
9. doller
dollar
dollor
10. erasor
eraser
erasar
11. stickar
sticker
stickor
12. soler
solar
solor
13. helicoptor
helicoptar
helicopter
14. tracter
tractar
tractor
15. rumer
rumor
rumar
Spelling
Spelling
Words
Words
danger
wander
tractor
dollar
harbor
eager
eraser
surrender
solar
sticker
locker
helicopter
pillar
refrigerator
caterpillar
rumor
glimmer
linger
sensor
alligator
Frequently
Misspelled
Words
another
we’re
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Proofread a Sign There are seven spelling errors and one capitalization
error. Circle the errors and write the corrections on the lines.
Home Activity Your child identified misspelled words with the final syllables -er, -ar, and -or. Select
three list words and ask your child to spell them.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Directions Read the passage. Then read each question. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
Like Longfellow
(1) My grandmother enjoy the poems of Longfellow. (2) Longfellow’s poems uses
both rhyme and rhythm. (3) “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” is called a narrative
poem. (4) These poems tell a story. (5) My grandmother write poems too. (6) She
entered a narrative poem in a poetry contest and won first prize. (7) Sometimes we
recites the poem in a soft voice.
What change, if any, should be made in
sentence 1?
A Add -s to enjoy
B Add -s to grandmother
C Change poems to poem
D Make no change
4
What change, if any, should be made in
sentence 5?
A Change My to The
B Change write to writes
C Change poems to poem
D Make no change
2
What change, if any, should be made in
sentence 2?
A Change poems to poem
B Change uses to use
C Change Longfellow’s to Longfellows
D Make no change
5
What is true about sentence 7?
A The subject is plural.
B The verb is a linking verb.
C The subject is a collective noun.
D The subject and verb do not agree.
3
In sentence 3, how would you describe the
subject?
A Collective noun
B Plural subject
C Singular subject
D None of the above
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Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on subject-verb agreement. Have your child copy some
subject and verb pairs from a favorite book and explain why the subjects and verbs agree.
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